Commercial-Free Comedy- TODAY ONLY!

"Are you 'avin' a laugh?"

If not, then head to Hulu (your source for television & films online) TODAY for

Commercial-FREE Comedy.

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While you're there, I suggest watching the Series Pilot of

Glee

I think it's most exciting television premiere since The Office (Coming to Fox this Fall) and we all know television has been kinda sucking in the aftermath of the Writers' Strike.

You can also chill out to some Simpsons, 30 Rock, Family Guy, or Arrested Development as well as many comedy films such as The 40 Year Old Virgin, Bring It On and Ice Age to name a few.

CLICK HERE to start laughing.

Sinatra, Kelly and Miller, On the Town & in Times Square!

After you roll out of bed today, gentle reader, head to Times Square to watch...a movie?

That's right! The Times Square Alliance is closing off Times Square to motorized traffic and opening up Times Square to you from 42nd St to 47th St. The Alliance has been setting out beach chairs all morning so you have a place to sit back and relax to watch this quintessentially New York film.

FREE MOVIE in TIMES SQUARE!

What: FREE public airing of the Oscar winning 1949 film “On the Town” starting Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.*

When: Memorial Day, May 25th at NOON.

Where: Broadway & 47th Street

Why: In celebration of Memorial Day Weekend, the opening of the new “Green Light for Midtown” Pedestrian Plazas and the last day of Fleet Week in NYC.

FREE RIBS!!!

Also Virgil’s Real Barbecue from Noon until 2pm in front of Times Square Information Center (7th Ave between 46th & 47th St) to enjoy a sampling of Virgil’s Ribs – while supplies last.


*Made possible by Turner Classic Movies and Clear Channel Spectacolor.

Bryant Park Summer Movies in the Park: Films Just Announced!

For all of you following bryantparknyc on Twitter, you not only got clues to guess the films for the 2009 HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival the last few days, but found out hours ago what the new films were before the titles were released on the Bryant Park Website.

So what is the Bryant Park Summer Film Festival?

The BPFilm Fest is FREE Outdoor Classic Movie Screenings in Bryant Park every Monday night during the summer (starting June 15th and ending August 17th). The lawn opens at 5PM for picnicking and the films start at dusk (usually 8 or 9pm).

So dust off your blanket and your picnic basket, rouse up some friends (and a couple of bottles of 3 Buck Chuck, even though technically alcohol isn't allowed in the Park) and make sure to spend your Monday Evenings this Summer watching FREE Movies in the middle of Manhattan. Trust me. It's an experience you will never forget!

2009 Bryant Park Movie Schedule

June
~Mon 15~
The Sting
~Mon 22~
Breaking Away
~Mon 29~
Gold Diggers of 1933

July
~Mon 6~
Dog Day Afternoon
~Mon 13~
How Green Was My Valley
~Mon 20~
Harold and Maude
~Mon 27~
The Defiant Ones

August
~Mon 3~
Kramer vs. Kramer
~Mon 10~
The Magnificent Seven
~Mon 17~
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Hedda Lettuce Needs Our Help! Vote Now!

Our dear friend Hedda Lettuce, the fabulous hostess with the most-ess of Chelsea Cinema Classics needs our help. She has decided to run for RuPaul's Drag Race.



Please read her plea below and vote for her. Then you will be able to catch her sassaliciousness every week for FREE on Logo! Sure, we will miss her at the cinema for a while, but we don't want to be greedy. She needs to share her greenie fabulousness with the world!

Click here to VOTE NOW!

You can vote
ONCE EVERY 24 HOURS
so don't forget to put it on your calendar everyday!!

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Hello gentle Americans. Since I have decided to run for RuPaul’s DRAG RACE I have had so much lovely support and the occasional reaction of bewilderment. “Why Hedda with your fame and notoriety would enter the competition? Can’t you leave it for the less well known gals?” I understand where they are coming from and I have actually asked myself the same question. Though I have asked it while soaking in tub of bubbles, my green hair wrapped in an Egyptian cotton towel, while sipping on a glass of champagne as some young stud paints my toenails. And do you know the answer I came up with? “I love drag and all it has offered me over the years and why not celebrate my love for drag with the rest of the world?” Show the skeptics, the naysayers, the perverts, the fans, the enemies and the chaste that Hedda’s still got it.” Not the clap assholes, I’ve got what it takes to be household name. And frankly I don’t want to do it by being on COPS so Drag Race is a natural choice. Though now that I think about it being thrown over the warm hood of a cop car by a burly man in blue sounds quite appetizing. Hmm, what crime could I commit that would cause a stir? I could smuggle drugs in my ass and try to cross the boarder? Instead of drug mule I would be a drag mule, now ain’t that a kick?

Stay fresh,

Click here to VOTE NOW!

9 to 5 for Secretary's Day! This Wednesday!!!

In this day and age working AT ALL is a blessing. However, most people who are at the ol' grindstone are barely makin' a living (it's all takin' and no givin'...I know...I couldn't resist!).

One set of such underpaid, under appreciated working stiffs are our secretaries (well, if we are being politically correct, our "administrative professionals"). Not only do they deserve a shout out (for their sassy phone voices. I know I have one and it's even Southern sometimes, because people are nicer to those with a little Southern drawl! "Ya'll come back now, ya here!'"), but Chelsea Clearview Cinemas thinks they deserve a special screening of...

9 to 5

Dolly, Lily and Jane will all be there (and on the BIG SCREEN!), along with Hedda Lettuce at 7PM all for the low price of $7.50! Plus, Hedda will be partaking in her infamous raffle where you can win tickets to the new 9 to 5 musical on Broadway!

ONE SHOWING ONLY!!!
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
7pm
Chelsea Cinema, West 23rd St
(btwn 7th and 8th Ave)
Manhattan

NOTE: Chances are this show will sell out, so click here to buy your tickets online or stop by Chelsea Cinema to buy your tickets in advance!

REMINDER: Almost 50 Celebration TONIGHT!

For ONE night only....

Place: Chelsea Clearview Cinemas, 260 W 23rd St.
Time: Show starts at 7pm, Meet Elle* a.k.a. the Cheap Chic in the lobby by 6:45pm
What: Learning "How to Marry a Millionaire" with Monroe, Bacall and Grable
Why: Drag Queens, Millionaires, Classic Films, Vixens and of course, Cheap Events, OH MY!
Cost: $7.50



Not only will you leave the cinema knowing how to nab your own Millionaire (Sugar Daddy, Forbes Lover, or (even better) F$!king Billionaire), but as an added bonus, Hedda Lettuce will be hosting the 7pm show!

SEE YOU THERE!

Almost 50! Come CELEBRATE with the Cheap Chic, Millionaires and a Drag Queen!

In honor of the Cheap Chic's upcoming 50th post, she is celebrating in style, along with fives loves of hers: drag queens, millionaires, classic films, vixens and of course, cheap events!

This Thursday March 19th, 2009 at Chelsea Clearview Cinemas, join her for the classic film "How to Marry a Millionaire" starring Monroe, Bacall and Grable for only $7.50.


Not only will you leave the cinema knowing how to nab your own Millionaire (Sugar Daddy, Forbes Lover, or (even better) F$!king Billionaire), but as an added bonus, Hedda Lettuce will be hosting the 7pm show!


Just R.S.V.P. through Cheap Chic Events on Elle Cheap Chic's Facebook Page and let the sass begin!!!

Art and the Sex Doll

Last year, I fell in love with an endearing movie about a man who had a relationship with...well...a sex doll. While, the film, Lars and the Real Girl, was one of fiction, I always wondered if there was someone in this world who fashioned their life in a such a way. Well, guess what? There is.

Now exhibiting at the hpgrp gallery in NYC is a new photography series by Becky Yee entitled More Than a Woman. This somewhat voyeuristic exhibition invites the viewer into the life of a technically single (albeit "married in his mind") computer engineer who lives outside of Tokyo with his harem of Dutch wives (e.g. sex dolls). The photographs invoke questions about society's conceptions on intimacy, loyalty and relationships.

Is is possible for an inanimate object to be loyal?
Does one need a human connection to form intimacy?
Are relationships about real interactions between people
or can they exist solely in one's own mind?

"My ladies are always there for me," he said. "They never talk back, they are completely loyal, and if I get bored, I can just change the head." (Being the NYC dating scene, this doesn't sound half bad to me!)

More Than a Woman-FREE at the hpgrp gallery through March 15, 2009.

hpgrp gallery

32-36 little west 12th street, 2nd floor, new york ny 10014

(between washington st. & ninth av.)

tel. 212.727-2491 / fax 212.727-7030

Subway:	A, C, E, L 14th street
Bus:	M14 (9th ave. at 14th street) M20 (8th ave. abington street) M11 (bethune / hudson street)

hours: Tue-Sat 11am - 6pm / Sun 12pm - 6pm

Gettin' in the VD mood....for romantic films

Looking to watch some romantic movies to get you in the mood for Valentine's Day?

Well, then log on to Hulu.com (FREE Streaming Feature Length Movies & Full Television Episodes) to watch some flicks and during the "limited commercial interruptions" maybe steal a kiss. ;)

Looking for a romantic comedy? Check out:

• Picture Perfect
• Someone Like You
  

In love with sports? Check out:

• For Love of the Game
• Wimbledon

I HEART the 80's (Big hair & all?)? Check out:

• St. Elmo's Fire
  

Want to "Snap out of it!" & fall in love with New York all over again? Check out:

• Moonstruck

Are you in love with man's best friend (of all forms)? Check out:

• Dragonheart
• Beethoven's 2nd
  

Do you lust after classic Britsh literature (and the accents, of course)? Check out:

• Nicholas Nickleby

Celebrating National Singles Awareness Day? Well don't you fret. I pulled out some classics that showcase the love between friends, guns and Mr. Miyagi.

• A League of Their Own
• Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
• The Karate Kid
  

35c Movie! (Exact change-No Pennies from Heaven)

We are living in the neuvo Depression, so why not pretend it's 1933?

You can with Film Forum's
Breadlines and Champagne Depression Movie Series!

Starting with....

For one night only Friday February 6th, 2009
YOU can see
the Scandalous, the Salacious, the Sassalcious Pre-code Romp....
I'm No Angel
Starring Mae West and Cary Grant
For only 35c!!!

Now may have been the Winter of your discontent, but no more!
After Opening Night, all films in the series are
2 or 3 films for the price of ONE $11 admission.

Afraid of becoming depressed watching these films? Be more afraid of ruckus laughter, tears of joy and of course, woos of love towards some of Hollywood's finest (albeit, dead) leading ladies and gents! Sample a delightful assortment of films like My Man Godfrey, Platinum Blonde, Scarface, It Happened One Night, Bombshell, 42nd St, Gold Diggers of 1933 and much, much more! This is the ultimate escape from reality from the people who knew how to do it best!

The Film Forum is located at 209 West Houston Street, (btwn 6&7Ave)
(Go to filmforum.org for more information)